Cycling The Globe

I had, after much consideration, decided that I wanted to begin my South American cycling trip in Ushuaia, the southern tip of Argentina. This resulted in some practical challenges as my trusty Bianchi road bike probably wouldn’t like the dirt roads down there. I decided it was time to give the Italian a break and go look for a mountain bike for the Patagonian challenge. It then turned out that bikes are much cheaper in Uruguay than in Argentina, so I went for a shopping trip across the border.

My new love, a Scott Aspect 750.

It was not easy to give up the Bianchi which has taken me 20000 km across the world, but sometimes it is time to try something new. The first kilometers I rode around Montevideo felt promising, but the real test will come on the dirt roads in the south.